IntraSelect Fixed Connect is particularly suited to the integration of corporate sites, providing flexible, scalable bandwidths of up to 10 Gbit/s. T-Systems’ IP VPN solutions offer extremely robust security, creating the ideal basis for implementing IP telephony. IP VPN technology enables application-driven prioritization of certain data types, in line with up to eight classes of service (CoS). It supports service availability levels of up to 99.99 percent.

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Phonak develops, manufactures and markets highly advanced hearing aids and wireless acoustics solutions. Established 60 years ago, the company is headquartered in Stäfe, Switzerland. It offers a comprehensive portfolio of state-of-the-art technologies for people with hearing impairments, plus products for studio and security communications, the tourism sector, and for noise protection. Phonak is a part of the global Sonova Group, employs more than 6,800 staff at 40 subsidiaries, and is represented in more than 100 countries.

The challenge

Establish a robust, high-performance corporate network

Streamline voice communications and data exchange worldwide

Migrate to a standard solution

Create an ICT solution that can scale in line with business growth

Improve support for sales by means of a centralized and harmonized IT landscape

The benefits

Future-proof solution with investment protection through quick-and-simple integration of new sites in the event of acquisitions or restructuring

Responsiveness to changing market needs or structural changes with an impact on networks

ivv is a full-service IT provider specialized in the needs of insurance companies. It currently employs approximately 370 staff, and posts annual revenues of about 85 million euro. The portfolio includes data center and network services, output management, and mobile technology and security solutions.

The benefits

Less administrative overhead through central network management and single point of contact

Further enhancements and innovations within the scope of long-term partnership

Schleswig-Holstein is Germany’s northernmost federal state. It has a total area of 15,764 square kilometers, and is home to about 2,780,000 people; its population density is therefore comparatively low. As a result, it is difficult for government agencies to establish effective organizational structures and to deliver high-quality services to all citizens. The Ministry of the Interior, in particular, with its broad remit, needs a powerful, efficient communications infrastructure. Its responsibilities include, for example, policing, homeland security, and regulation of the construction industry.

The challenge

Replacement of five independent communications networks with a single, consolidated network for both voice and data

Implementation of voice over IP (VoIP) at 700 sites

Assignment of quality of service to data and voice traffic

Support for closed user groups for specific agencies and sites by means of VPNs (virtual private networks)

The solution

Direct broadband connections to the MPLS backbone for all IT systems and PBXs via access routers and VoIP gateways

MPLS technology supports setup of VoIP and VPN connections

The benefits

Redundant network design guarantees 99.8 percent availability

Solution is audit-ready, and compliant with data-protection requirements

The state’s own data center can monitor and modify the network itself

Phone calls within the entire network are free of charge

Calls to numbers outside the network are routed to the closest internal PBX to ensure communications are only charged at local rates

Corpus Sireo manages real estate for insurance companies, banks and other businesses throughout Europe to a value of approximately 16.3 billion euros. It has 11 offices and almost 550 employees. It provides comprehensive solutions for the purchase, management and marketing of individual properties and entire portfolios, with a focus on adding value. Corpus Sireo provides expert advice and assistance across the entire asset lifecycle, from analysis, to procurement, to management and disposal.

The challenge

Poor WAN performance as a result of hosting by two providers

The goal was to create a fully managed corporate network providing consistently high-quality services to the entire organization

Internet access no longer restricted to fixed-line connections but also wireless for mobile devices via WLAN at Corpus Sireo sites

A need to create a fully managed system for all networks without the need for investment in new hardware

Networks have to be adaptable and agile, capable of accommodating changing business needs. IP VPNs provide an answer to challenges such as growing data volumes and the demand for seamless collaboration across multiple sites – in the shape of a simple, scalable solution. They enable powerful connections to be forged between people, sites and applications.

MPLS-based connectivity

IntraSelect is an IP VPN offering, comprising a choice of connectivity modules for integration of permanent sites, mobile employees and extranets. It is possible to vary bandwidth, increase the number of sites or add new services in line with changing business requirements. Key elements include the highly functional MPLS platform for managed connections, and new features for smart, efficient data transport.

Integration of small-scale sites at low cost

Platforms such as IntraSelect harness path-based routing to distribute load efficiently in line with application needs, and to enable dynamic responses to resource bottlenecks. Platform solutions allow flexibility when choosing the most suitable technology for each access point. In other words, it is possible to deploy highly affordable low-bandwidth lines for small-scale sites, and to implement broadband for major offices and cloud service providers – with one and the same platform. It also means quick-and-easy scalability should load increase. Traffic offloading and other mechanisms enable the utilization of otherwise idle backup resources during regular operations. For example, a secure connection is configured as an additional transmission path, and employed for back-up purposes as well as for accommodating peaks in load. Low-priority traffic is offloaded, ensuring the cost-effective use of existing assets.

Worldwide connectivity guarantees high quality and availability

IntraSelect is produced on T-Systems’ high-performance IP MPLS platform, supporting approximately 4,047,000,000 megabytes (4.0 petabytes) of IP traffic daily and worldwide. This backbone platform enables global data exchange, in combination with exceptionally high availability, a large number of PoPs, and rapid rerouting. The worldwide network infrastructure, with approximately 300,000 kilometers of fiber-optic cables, is constantly beeing extended and enhanced. Currently, T-Systems manages more than 1,800 IP VPNs for some 68,000 sites, and 278,000 routers and switches at customer locations around the globe.

Challenges such as expanding data traffic, virtualization and cloud computing are ramping up the pressure on data center LANs – making a corresponding network infrastructure, tailored to this specific scenario, a must.